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TINOK OR KOSHER.SEE MORDCHAI MENUCHOS תתקנג questions the r"t that tet is made of pey and nun sofit- and explains that if zein is "a bit longer" its a kosher nun sofit.
The gug is a lot thicker than the other letters. And the letter starts much lower down under the sirtut than the other letters. therefore the fact that it extends la bit lower down is not necessarily a rayeh
We all know that there is no ancient source that requires ink to be מן המותר בפיך . Possibly, as said here before, because in the olden days ink was always מן המותר בפיך and the question was never raised. It was probably self-evident. Nowadays, no decent Rav will approve an ink which is not מן המותר בפיך . Who was the first one to raise this question? Was it raised because of animal ingredients or because of non-kosher wine?
Thank you for commenting on my ink article. In your comment you stated: "Many poskim disagree... Many rishonim have clearly stated the use of our ingredients." Would you please be kind enough to teach us (so I can include it in the article) which Poskim and what exactly and where did they say that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן that does not fail? We are not interested in biased פילפולים , or in those who said that דיו עשן is not being used because it fails easily or because it was not known how to make good quality דיו עשן. Nor are we interested in those who said to use עפצים וקנקנתום וגומא ואין לשנות when they discussed specifically the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink. We are interested to find out where and who (if any) said explicitly, based on sources, that the עפצים וקנקנתום type of ink is preferable over good quality דיו עשן , even when there is דיו עשן of good quality that does not ...
TINOK OR KOSHER.SEE MORDCHAI MENUCHOS תתקנג questions the r"t that tet is made of pey and nun sofit- and explains that if zein is "a bit longer" its a kosher nun sofit.
ReplyDeleteThe gug is a lot thicker than the other letters. And the letter starts much lower down under the sirtut than the other letters. therefore the fact that it extends la bit lower down is not necessarily a rayeh
ReplyDeleteIs it possible that if it was SUPPOSED to be a Zayin, that it would be OK?
ReplyDeleteWithout measuring to confirm, the regel seems to be long enough
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